Portable sheet-metal structure.



R. E. KELM.

PORTABLE SHEET METAL STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.7,1913.

1 165 81, Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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. PORTABLE SHEET METAL STRUCTURE.

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' To all whom it may] concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD E. KELM, a

- citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State. of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable vertical longitudinal sectional "iew of a portable metallic building structure. inaccordance with my invention, the view being indicated byline -11 in Figs. 2 and 3; Fig. 2, a horizontal sectional-view of the same in- 3,-a cross-section view of the structure indicated by line 33 in Fig. 1 Fig. 4, a sectional view of a detail of the structure indicated by line '4 i in'Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a similar-view indicated by line 55 in Fig. 1,

and Fig. 6, a plan view of a detail of said structure. 5

Referring by numerals to the drawings, 7 indicates each of a pair of sheet-metal sections bent at an obtuse angle to form one side of a gable-roof and a portion of a side wall of the herein described structure. llhe meeting edges of the sections are fashioned.

for tongue-and-groove unionin a vertical direction, as best shown in Fig. 3, to form the roof ridge of the structure, and they are preferably bolted together at suitable intervals longitudinally of said ridge. The ends of the roof portions of the sections .7 are bent up' to form tongues engaging groove edges of upper inclined edges of sheet-metal end sections 8, 9, of the structure, and the wall portions-of said sections are folded at their ends to engage folded vertical edges of said end sections. Set on the roof-ridge and the end'sections ofthe structure are olnt-covering, weather-shedding sheet-metal caps 10, the same being boltedto said ridge and provided with flanges 10', which flanges are se-, cured in place by bolting through the adjacentintermatching structure sections. The end section 8 aforesaid is a door-frame hav-; ing an outer flaring flange 8' thereof bound- Specification of Letters Patent.

ed to serve as garages for motorcycles.

dicated byline 2-2 in Figs. 1 and 3; Fig.

preferably shaped the threshold of the doorway in the front Patented Dec. as, was.

' Application filed November 7, 1913. Serial m. 7.993%.

ing the top, bottom and sides of the doorway, the metal of said end section being preferably .cut and fashioned as herein shown to make the flange double thick and stud". The doorway is triangular at .its upper end similar to the roof of the structure and lts flanges serve to deflect weather that might otherwise beat into said structure. The groove aforesaid serves as a runway for the wheels of a motorcycle' Bolted to the aforesaid sections], within the structure, are downwardly extending side flanges of a sheet-metal shelf llhaving a similar front flangeIl facing the doorway aforesaid, and a triangular upturned rear flang'e 11" of the shelf extends up against the roof of said structure, whereby a compartment is provided for the storage of tools and various materials. Each section 7 of the structure has a lower inner horizontal flange 7 longitudinally thereof opposed to a similar upper flange 12 of a sheet-metal wall-section 12 of said structure, the latter flange being inwardly upturned past the one aforesaid to form a weather shield 12" and both flanges are bolted together at suitable intervals of their length. A similar joint is.

formed between each wall section 12 and a lower sheet-metal wall-section 13. The ends of the wall sections 12 and 13' are folded and engaged with the folds of the end sections 8 and 9 aforesaid. Each wall-section 13 is provided with a horizontal infold 13' r and an inner horizontal foot-flange 13" longitudinally thereof. fhe infold serves as a support upon which to resta depending and folded longitudinal outer side flange 14 of a bottom section 14,having a downward front-end fender-flange 14", and an upward'rear-end flange 14, this latter flange being bolted to the adjacent end section 9 of "the structure. At intervals of its length each bottom section is provided with eyes 15 engaged by hook-braces 16 that also engage eyes 17 in connection with the adjacent wall section 13, and said bottom section is provided with a depending longitudinal inner side'flange 18 that isupwardly beveled, whereby the opposing flanges form a V- groove flush at its lower end with end section 8 of the structure, vertically disposed portions of said flanges being bolted together below said groove and one of the same is shown horizontally extended under the other to form a foot on the plane'of the feet flanges 13 of the lower side-wall sections of the structure.

A sheet-metal door 19 is put in hinge-connection with upper and lower side-wall sections of the structure to close the doorway aforesaid,'said door being inwardly flanged to engage the flanges of said doorway when closed. In hinge-connection with one of the side-wall sections 12 of the structure is a hasp 20 for engagement with a staple 21 fastened to the aforesaid door and a padlock may be engaged with the staple to secure the hasp thereon. A forwardly dished door is preferred, as herein shown, and the same is braced by a central rod 22 in connection therewith. It is also preferable, as herein shown, to provide clips 23 in pairs riveted upon the inside of the roof 'slants for the engagement of suitably bent tie-strips 24.

I claim: Y

A portable sheet metal structure comprising side walls formed of a plurality of longitudinal sections having their longitudinal edges inwardly bent to form flanges, means for detachably connecting the meeting flanges, the uppermost sections of the ,side walls being provide'd'with inwardly inclined portions forming a gable roof, said inclined portions meeting at their upper edges and such edges being interlocked to form a roof ridge, means for detachably fastening the interlocked upper edges of the 'uppersections of the side sections, end walls having their upper portions shaped to conform to, the shape of the upper portions of the upper sections of the side Walls, and the meeting edges of the side walls and end walls being inter- 1 locked.

In testimony that I elairn the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee in the county of Milwaukee and State'of Wisconsin in'the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD E. KELM.

Witnesses:

' H. E. UOLIPHANT, M. E. DOWNEY. 

